SOUTH DAKOTA: “Former South Dakota GOP Gov. Mike Rounds officially announced his 2014 Senate bid Thursday, making him the GOP's second strong Senate recruit to announce a bid last week -- the other being Rep. Shelley Moore Capito in West Virginia. His announcement prompted a statement from Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson in which he seemed to move toward saying he'd run for reelection. But it's too soon to say if the field is set in the Mount Rushmore state,” Hotline On Call writes.

VIRGINIA: “Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe's unveiled his second round of campaign co-chairs in his gubernatorial run from prominent Democrats across the state Monday, sending a signal to former Rep. Tom Perriello (D) that he is taking in significant establishment support,” Hotline On Call writes.

WEST VIRGINIA: “Not again. Those two words encompass the panic in GOP establishment circles following the criticism conservative activist groups leveled at Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito after she announced her plans to challenge Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia in 2014,” Roll Call writes.